“We have a ’you deal with your side, I’ll deal with mine’ approach to our families. Does his mom annoy me? Do my siblings bug him? Yes, sometimes, but we each handle our own sides — and it has worked wonderfully.”

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"It took years for us to reach two yeses on having kids, but I would never have even considered changing my no to a yes if we hadn't agreed as a ground rule that my partner would respect my no. I waited to say yes until I truly felt comfortable with the idea, and now that we have a2-year-old, we agree that we chose the right time."